The GERMAN DANCE PLATFORM Sees Itself As a Forum to Present Recent Developments and Innovative Currents in German Contemporary Dance
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The GERMAN DANCE PLATFORM sees itself as a forum to present recent developments and innovative currents in German contemporary dance. It offers an overview and a presentation platform for the most remarkable positions of present - day creation in the fields of domestic dance and choreographic performance. T h e selection of pieces is made by a jury that is elected for each edition respectively. The event is directed to wards guests from Germany and abroad, organizers of culture, the expert press and an interested local audience. Given its special relevance as a meeting point of the international scene of curators and also its general attraction for the public, it is ofte n compared to the Berliner Theatertreffen. The GERMAN DANCE PLATFORM was founded by Nele Hertling, Walter Heun and Dieter Buroch in 1994 and began as a trilogy in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. Since then, it has been taking place biennially in different German cities and is awarded by the community of co - organizers, who select the respective responsible organizer – in 2020, this is JOINT ADVENTURES – Walter Heun. e u ro - scene, Leipzig HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin H E L L E RA U – Europäisches Zentru m der Künste, Dresden JOINT ADVENTURES, München Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik, Hamburg Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main KunstKulturQuartier, Nürnberg PACT Zollverein, Essen tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf TANZtheater INTERNATIONAL, Hannover T h e a terhaus Stuttgart sowie die beiden Partner ITI Deutschland und Goethe - In st i t u t The GERMAN DANCE PLATFORM took place in Munich once before in 1998. For the edition from 4. to 8. March 2020, it is returning to Munich after more than 20 y e a r s. 2 Gasteig München GmbH H o c h X Theater und Live Art Munich Center of Community Arts, MUCCA Muffatwerk Münchner Kammerspiele Residenztheater Schwere Reiter U t o p i a Journalists and press representatives can register for the GERMAN DANCE PLATFORM’s performances per e - ma i l . Dorothee Wolfrat [email protected] +49 89 189 31 37 16 A t www.tanzplattform2020.de you can find press photos from the respective performances. The use of photos offered here is free of charge in the context of topical reporting and with reference to the photo credit. For interview requests, you are welcome to contact us directly. D o r o th e e Wo l f ra t [email protected] +49 89 189 31 37 16 JOINT ADVENTURES – Walter Heun Zielstattstr. 10A 81379 München 3 S a š a A s e n t i ć „ D I S _ S YL P H I DE, a dance piece on disability and dance history in Germany“ S i m o n e A ug h t e r lo n y , P e t ra H ra š c a n e c , S a ša B o ž i ć „ C o m p a s s “ C o c o o n D a n c e „ V I S MOT R I X “ J u l e F l i e r l „ S t ö r l au t “ G i n t e r s d o rf e r / K l a ß en „ K a b u k i No i r “ T h e a t e r B r em e n / U n us u a l S y m pt om s / A d r i en n H ó d – Ho d w o rk s „ COE X I S T “ L aMa c a n a – Ca t e r i na V a r e l a , A l ex i s F e r ná n d e z , S am i r Ak ik a „ P i n k Un i c o r n s “ S h e e n a Mc G r a n d l e s „ F I GURE D “ Mo r i t z O st r u s c h n j a k „ U n s t e r n “ G i n e v ra Pa n z e tt i & En r i c o T i c c o n i „ H a r l e k in g “ I s a b e l l e S c h a d „ R e f l e c t i o n “ R e u t S h e m e s h „ AT ARA – F o r y o u , wh o h a s n o t y e t f o u n d th e o n e “ t a n zm a i n z / S ha r o n E y a l „ S o u l C h a i n “ J o a n a T i s c h k a u „ P L AYBL ACK “ K a t V á la s t u r „ R a s p Y o u r So u l “ 4 The GERMAN DANCE PLATFORM 2020 program lets Munich audiences as well as experts discover surprising and exciting dance. However, the selection of pieces does not represent a status quo of what artists produce in Germany; instead, it attempts to offer remarkable productions a platform in order to present them to an audience and important multip licators domestically and abroad. The 15 invited pieces are an assorted selection of dance productions that reflect the diverse and international radiance of the German scene. For the jury and organizers, it was important – in the sense of a critical prac tice of diversity – to guarantee access and participation for all artists. The selection shows established as well as l e ss - established artists. Decisive was the works’ artistic quality, their majority creation in Germany and their ability to be presented o n t ou r. One can decipher from the invited pieces that contemporary dance in Germany is an art form that is addressing social and political issues and creating a clear opposition to current (rightist) populist tendencies by implying a different, open soci a l mo d e l. The various approaches in the GERMAN DANCE PLATFORM 2020’s selection of pieces turn the event into a celebration of possibilities and differences. The GERMAN DANCE PLATFORM 2020 will be opened officially by Isabelle Schad a t t h e Münchner Kammers pielen. Schad received a tribute for excellence in artistic development in contemporary dance here in the context of the German Dance Prize. I n “Reflection” , she completes her five - year choreographic project on collective bodies; it is an exploration of different forms of physical co - existence and body subjectivities on stage – perhaps just a model for a way of living together or conceiving communities differ en t l y. I n „Pink Unicorns“ , La Ma c a n a – Caterina Varela & Alexis Fernández i n cooperation with the head choreographer of the Theater Bremen dance department, Samir Akika , demonstrate what can be created when a father and son share a stage (or have to). Two generations clash, experience meets youthful boisterousness – i t i s a wild and simultaneously touching dance theater for everyone. The Serbian -born choreographer Saša Asentić and his excellent cast with and without handicaps confront German dance histor y in „DIS_ SYLPHIDE ” – and make their place in it. Simone Aughterlony , choreographer and dancer from Berlin and Zurich, presents in „ C om p a ss“ a dance and theater answer to the classic Greek epos “The Odyssey” and the trilogy of novels by the Hungarian author Ágota Kristóf . Although both works seem to be naïve, the narrative structures create a special fictional labyrinth that can be read as a pe rsonal trip through an internal world, or also as a parable of the new E u ro p e. 5 C o c o o n D a n c e a l re a d y e n th u s e d a u d i en c e s in t h e l a s t ed i t i o n o f t h e GE RMAN DANCE P L AT F ORM w i t h t h e f ir s t p ar t o f i t s t r i l o g y ab o u t th e u n th o u g h t b o d y . I n 2 0 2 0 , t h e s e c o n d p ar t , „ V I S MOTR I X “ , s h o ws a s t r o n g f e ma l e ca s t w h o s e m o v e m en t s ’ ma s t e r fu l s t r i n g en c y s u g g e s t th a t t h e d an c e r s c o m e fr om a n o t h er w o r l d . K a t V á la s t u r , wh o l i v e s a n d w o r k s in B e r l in , a l s o mo v e s c h o r eo g r ap h i c a l ly b e t w e en t h e ar t i f i c i a l a n d o rg a n i c , t h e an i m a l i s t i c a n d h u ma n – a s o l o w o r k b e t w e e n th e a n t h r o p o lo g i c a l a n d ex t r a t e rr e s t r i a l .